My attempts at learning and living from the mountains of VA. Monday, December 6, 2010. Merry Christmas form Chloe, Keegan, Reilly and Delaney. 1st snow fall of the season. Little Keegan with tiny frozen snow balls sticking to his furry legs. last week we were sitting on our deck in short sleeves! The weather is never boring here in the mountains of Virginia. Thursday, July 29, 2010. She is so sweet! .

My attempt at getting comfortable with my less-than-perfect artwork! Friday, April 3, 2009. I was honored to see my artwork and photograph posted at the Yosemite blog. Scroll down to the entry for March 26, 2009. I about fell off my seat when I saw these two creations of mine there! Links to this post. Friday, January 9, 2009. Wednesday, January 7, 2009.

Sunday, August 3, 2008. Friday, July 18, 2008. 6,7inches x 8,6inches. Ces lignes carcérales, rigides,. Ce travail, ludique, répond. Si ces lignes se montaient contre.

This blog is for my pictures. I found Illustration Fridays a while ago and it reignited my interest in drawing and painting. It was a great impetus to keep a hobby going for a time. Monday, April 18, 2011. I do love this time of year. Everything bursts into flower and blossom spills over. Garden walls and fences everywhere. I was prompted to move out of my comfort zone and branch out.

Sketches, paintings, photos, random things that inspire me and other kind of art related stuff. Anyway, as the first post after a long break I thought about something nice for all of you.

Here you will find the reference images for virtual sketch dates and the link lists of participants. Thursday, August 20, 2009. And I have discussed the future for VSD. While we all enjoyed being a part of it, the time has come for us to let it go. We are all moving in new directions and need to focus on those. So, thank you to everyone who has ever participated in the VSD! I thoroughly enjoyed it. You were all an encouragement to me. I hope you all keep drawing and enjoying yourselves.

People, figure, portrait. I hope you see something you like. if not now, maybe next time! I broke my leg a week ago. Played ball with Lindiwe, our young German Shepherd girl and slipped when running down a hill and I just heard that bone break when I hit the ground. Now my leg is up to the knee in a cast and I am on crutches. Selfportrait of poor me . Dip pen and black ink in Daler rowney sketchbook, 21X29.